2. Take a few moments to finish The Lewis and Clark WebQuest
& turn it in to front table
Then begin Ch.10.3 p. 353 handout
Cause/effect of the War of 1812

3. Read 10.3 (p. 353) and unscramble the following words below & describe how they are related:
krawhwas
emtmisrnpse
geobmar
warhawks
impressment
embargo

4. Analyze the causes & effects of the
Ch Today’s Targets:
Analyze the causes & effects of the
War of 1812

5. Read, “Problems with France & England,” p. 353
The British captured any ship bound for France.
The French stopped all ships bound for Britain.
Why was Jefferson unable to keep the United States out of conflicts with other nations?
Trade around the world put U.S. ships in constant contact with foreign countries.

6. Jefferson’s Response
Instead of declaring war, he asked Congress to pass legislation that would stop all U.S. foreign trade – Embargo Act, 1807
Described his policy as “peaceable coercion”

7. Jefferson’s Response
How would Jefferson “force the British and French to respect American shipping?

8. Embargo Act of 1807 No more foreign trade – Epic Fail!! Effects:
1) American farmers lost key markets for their products
2) Shippers lost income
3) Many chose to violate the embargo by making false claims about where they were going.

9. Interpret the newspaper cartoon What is “OGRABME” spelled backwards?

12. The Path to War
War breaks out between France & Britain. Britain angers U.S. by:
Capturing all ships heading toward France
Kidnapping U.S. sailors to work on British ships
Helping Natives fight against American frontier settlements
Embargo Act passed by Congress
hurts American merchants & economy more than hurts the British
Treaty of Fort Wayne signed w/natives
Tecumseh declares treaty void
William Henry Harrison defeats Shawnee at Tippecanoe
Tecumseh welcomed in British Canada
increases American anger

14. Tecumseh and Native American Unity
Read “Tecumseh & Native American Unity” p. 354
His response? Unite the Natives to fight United States
expansion
What were the results at the Battle of
Tippecanoe in November, 1811?
His plan failed & the movement to unify the
tribes against the U.S. was crushed

15. “War Hawks”
John C. Calhoun [SC]
Henry Clay [KY]

16. June 18, 1812 Madison asked Congress to declare war on Britain
John C. Calhoun [SC]
Henry Clay [KY]

17. The United States’ has two supporting reasons or (causes) for the War of 1812?
1. Britain to respect U.S. sea rights
2. To end British support of Indian
resistance to westward movement.

18. Page 355
Overview of the War of 1812

19. The War of 1812 5. U.S. Congress declares war on British, June 1812
War hawks
westerners
Aug. 1814
British burn White House & Capital
Ft. McHenry repels British
Jan. 1815: Andrew Jackson defeats British at N.O. after Treaty of Ghent ended the war in Dec. 1814
Sept. Oct. 1813
U.S. naval victory on Lake Erie
U.S. victory at Thames in Canada
- secures NW 6. 4.
Sept. 1814
U.S. defeats British at Lake Champlain – secures N.E.

20. Oliver Hazard Perry – “Don’t Give Up The Ship”
Battle of lake Erie 1813
Oliver Hazard Perry – “Don’t Give Up The Ship”

21. Put-in-Bay Island in Lake Erie, Ohio
Perry’s Monument
Put-in-Bay Island in Lake Erie, Ohio

22. The British burn Washington D.C., 1814
the Capitol building
& the White House

23. Battle of Fort McHenry, 1814
Oh Say Can You See By the Dawn’s Early Light… Francis Scott Key

24. Treaty of Ghent December 24, 1814

25. The Battle of New Orleans, 1815
Andrew Jackson

26. Legacy of the War of 1812 (effects)1. 2. 3.
American patriotism (pride in U.S.) increases; Heroes created
War broke the strength of Native
Americans
Encourages the growth of U.S. manufacturing

27. graph shows increasing
Using the graph & information from 10.3, explain why the War
of 1812 was the “second war for independence” not
politically, but for economic independence:
graph shows increasing
trade
war between Britain & France
disrupted U.S. trade
British impressed U.S. sailors
Embargo Act, 1807 attempted to end conflict but did more harm than good as the graph shows
many Americans demanded war to stop British interference & restore economic liberty

28. As for Mr. Madison . . .
he won “his” war but learned an important lesson that the United States cannot ignore world events!